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Server consolidation and virtualization with Sql Server 2005
We had a PASS volunteer SIG (Special Interest Group) teleconference today. One item discussed was server consolidation. Microsoft is interested in this area and is seeking input. During the earlier discussion we had, Bill Wunder and Lynda Rab brought up good points like login transfer, collations, tempdb issues, job management and maintenance, resource allocation, and […]
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Help on Chinese entry system
I am seeking advice/suggestions on Chinese entry system on English version of Windows XP. I want to do some Chinese post but have been having trouble setting up a good Chinese entry system. When I was in China last year, one of my college buddies suggested ZiGuang. Somehow I got it to work on my […]
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Boo!
200510 097 Originally uploaded by haidong. Pumpkin carving by Benjamin
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My Kinesis Ergo Elan Keyboard
I have had my Kinesis keyboard for over a month now. It is a good time to sum up my experience with it so far. The model I have is called Ergo Elan with Swedish language layout. Overall, I like this keyboard because of its contoured design. The ergnomic design makes it easier on the […]
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Change SQLCMD default editor
In SQLCMD, if you type ed, it will invoke a text editor and put the last command you run in the editor buffer. The default editor is Edit, a command line editor of DOS. This behavior is very similar to Oracle Sql Plus, by the way. The difference is that in Sql Plus, you can […]